2012 Conditions...(Trails not in the bike park)

FlipFantasia · 03-20-2012, 11:02 PM

cruised by the containers on freight train today, 2m of snow on top of them!

Sharon · 03-21-2012, 05:35 AM

I heard Pemby has been good all winter! sick!

I've been doing my one hour power hours to keep my biking legs in shape in NV.

kperras · 03-21-2012, 08:11 AM

Whistler can keep its snow. The riding is great everywhere else!

FlipFantasia · 03-21-2012, 03:08 PM

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Originally Posted by PembyRocks

Meh. Been riding the lower stuff in Pemberton all winter long, which I definitely haven't been able to do for a few years. Don't quite have the same March blues this year.

Garbo can wait, still got a beef with it after breaking my elbow up there in August anyway!

yeah I was gonna try and come up monday afternoon to get a quick ride in, then I looked outside from my office desk and it had gone from sunny to blizzard, so I just worked longer!

nortonwhis · 04-11-2012, 01:04 AM

Rode around a little bit of cut yer bars today. about half snow-dirt in the first bit, but as you climb further towards where the trail splits, it becomes snowier.

also checked out emerald forest, snow seems to be only on the trail, not the surrounding treed area.

hoepfuilly this forecast rain brings snow to the alpine and clearing snow from trails below

motobutane · 04-11-2012, 02:47 PM

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Originally Posted by nortonwhis

Rode around a little bit of cut yer bars today. about half snow-dirt in the first bit, but as you climb further towards where the trail splits, it becomes snowier.

also checked out emerald forest, snow seems to be only on the trail, not the surrounding treed area.

hoepfuilly this forecast rain brings snow to the alpine and clearing snow from trails below

Its the time of year to get itchy, I wanna ride!

BJC · 04-20-2012, 07:41 PM

WHen should I expect the valley trails to start opening? I have a few days up there soon - keen to look around. Otherwise Pemberton it is.

Cheers Ben

FlipFantasia · 04-20-2012, 08:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BJC

WHen should I expect the valley trails to start opening? I have a few days up there soon - keen to look around. Otherwise Pemberton it is.

Cheers Ben

go to Pemby, still tonnes of snow in the valley....even the early seasons sure things, aren't sure things yet!

DirtySanchez · 04-21-2012, 03:02 AM

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Originally Posted by FlipFantasia

go to Pemby, still tonnes of snow in the valley....even the early seasons sure things, aren't sure things yet!

Pembie for sure - been awesome, loamy, grippy, trails for the last 3+ weeks. Temps are perfect too, somewhere around 10C to 15C on average, which means no early season over-heating on the grunts up!

FlipFantasia · 04-22-2012, 05:43 PM

raining to the peak....we need it, still lots of snow in the valley....apparently no flow is going quick, southwest facing stuff mostly clear...

nortonwhis · 04-22-2012, 08:07 PM

pushed up acdc again last night. still a ton of snow on danimal, yodas and lower sproatt. acdc is clear though. looks like another couple of weeks before any real fun loops become clear

RideEverything · 04-23-2012, 06:35 PM

Rode Lower Your Seat to Train Wreck back to Function yesterday. Only a couple of very small snow patches on TW. And one big one when coming out to the tracks at one point.
I would guess that Train Wreck is clear to the South end but then it's a gamble as to whether the access road to Runaway Train is clear.

DirtySanchez · 04-23-2012, 06:37 PM

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Originally Posted by RideEverything

Rode Lower Your Seat to Train Wreck back to Function yesterday. Only a couple of very small snow patches on TW. And one big one when coming out to the tracks at one point.
I would guess that Train Wreck is clear to the South end but then it's a gamble as to whether the access road to Runaway Train is clear.

How's the DSF on Train Wreck? For whatever reason, spring thaw and TW always had me hittin' piles of pooch goo. Never fun.

[Note: "DSF" = Dog Sh*t Factor]

FlipFantasia · 04-23-2012, 06:39 PM

buddies new trail ampm is open in Function...head up the fsr on the way to tunnel vision out of the interpretive forest parking lot, look for it on the right just before the water reservoir....still tonnes of snow in the woods above that....

RideEverything · 04-23-2012, 07:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DirtySanchez

How's the DSF on Train Wreck? For whatever reason, spring thaw and TW always had me hittin' piles of pooch goo. Never fun.

[Note: "DSF" = Dog Sh*t Factor]

Didn't notice any poop. But there seems to have been an explosion in camp fires! There were several from the train wreck coming back towards Function. There was one fire placement that was verging on being in the middle of the trail!

The poop factor is very high on Old Millar's Creek Road.

03-20-2012, 11:02 PM	#1
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nortonwhis Registered User Join Date: Jun 2010 Posts: 719 Rep Power: 969205	Rode around a little bit of cut yer bars today. about half snow-dirt in the first bit, but as you climb further towards where the trail splits, it becomes snowier. also checked out emerald forest, snow seems to be only on the trail, not the surrounding treed area. hoepfuilly this forecast rain brings snow to the alpine and clearing snow from trails below

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BJC Registered User Join Date: Sep 2011 Posts: 644 Rep Power: 2563416	WHen should I expect the valley trails to start opening? I have a few days up there soon - keen to look around. Otherwise Pemberton it is. Cheers Ben

04-22-2012, 05:43 PM	#10
FlipFantasia sure, whatever Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Nelson Posts: 6,256 Rep Power: 6760827	raining to the peak....we need it, still lots of snow in the valley....apparently no flow is going quick, southwest facing stuff mostly clear...

04-22-2012, 08:07 PM	#11
nortonwhis Registered User Join Date: Jun 2010 Posts: 719 Rep Power: 969205	pushed up acdc again last night. still a ton of snow on danimal, yodas and lower sproatt. acdc is clear though. looks like another couple of weeks before any real fun loops become clear

04-23-2012, 06:35 PM	#12
RideEverything Registered User Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Whistler Posts: 60 Rep Power: 0	Rode Lower Your Seat to Train Wreck back to Function yesterday. Only a couple of very small snow patches on TW. And one big one when coming out to the tracks at one point. I would guess that Train Wreck is clear to the South end but then it's a gamble as to whether the access road to Runaway Train is clear.

04-23-2012, 06:39 PM	#14
FlipFantasia sure, whatever Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Nelson Posts: 6,256 Rep Power: 6760827	buddies new trail ampm is open in Function...head up the fsr on the way to tunnel vision out of the interpretive forest parking lot, look for it on the right just before the water reservoir....still tonnes of snow in the woods above that....